The annual report of the Portuguese National Statistics Institute for 2006 shows an increase in fixed-term contracts and a casualization of employment in the past three years, in a context where unemployment still affects 8.2% of the active population. (Ref. 080111)
2006 is the first year with a decrease in unemployment after three successive increasing years, and resulted in the creation of 37.000 jobs, according to the annual report of the National Statistics Institute. However, the unemployment rate, which reached 8.2% of the active population in December 2007, remains one of the highest in Europe, after Spain and Slovakia.
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